Hairstyling Device

ABSTRACT

A hairstyling device includes a flexible hollow main body having meshes or cellular through-holes and a central hole that penetrates through a center of the main body. The main body further includes first and second ends. The first end and/or the second end of the main body can be wound towards the central hole to form a ring-shaped hair tie, wherein the central hole allows insertion of a hair of a user. The hairstyling device can be placed on the hair of the user as a hair volumizer. Further, the through-holes of the main body allow insertion of different hairpins to create various hairstyles.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

1. Field of the Invention

The present invention relates to a hairstyling device and, moreparticularly, to a hairstyling device including a flexible hollow mainbody having meshes or cellular through-holes. The hairstyling device canbe wound to form a ring-shaped hair tie and is further capable of beingused with hairpins to create various hairstyles.

2. Description of the Related Art

The existing hair accessories for hairstyling generally include hairbands, elastic hair ties, or other accessories with elastic band. Thefeature of the existing hair accessories is only for holding hairbundles and fails to make special hairstyles. Further, when the existinghair accessories are used with other hair accessories, the resultanthairstyles look untidy. Therefore, the existing single hair accessorycannot be flexibly applied to any hairstyles and has only the singlefeature that can be used; the foregoing is a major shortcoming anddeficiency of the conventional hair accessories for hairstyling.

BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

Therefore, it is an objective of the present invention to overcome theaforementioned shortcoming and deficiency of the prior art by providinga hairstyling device with multiple hair setting features, wherein thehairstyling device is capable of winding to form a ring-shaped hair tie.Further the hairstyling device can also be used as a hair volumizer orbe used with hairpins to make special hairstyles.

A hairstyling device of the present invention includes a flexible hollowmain body. The main body includes a plurality of cellular through-holesor meshes in a peripheral wall of the main body. The main body furtherincludes a central hole extending through a center of the main body inan axial direction and allowing to be expanded for insertion of a hairof a user. The main body further includes first and second ends spacedin the axial direction. The first end and/or the second end of the mainbody can be wound towards the central hole in the axial direction toform a ring-shaped hair tie.

Preferably, the main body is made of soft and elastic cloth or knittingthread material.

In a preferred form, the hairstyling device of the present inventionfurther includes at least one hairpin. The hairpin can be inserted intoone of the plurality of cellular through-holes or meshes of the mainbody to fasten the hair of the user in place.

The present invention will become clearer in light of the followingdetailed description of illustrative embodiments of this inventiondescribed in connection with the drawings.

DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The illustrative embodiments may best be described by reference to theaccompanying drawings where:

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a hairstyling device according to anembodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 shows a schematic representative illustrating the hairstylingdevice of FIG. 1 winding and forming a ring-shaped hair tie.

FIG. 3 shows a cross sectional view of the hairstyling device of FIG. 2.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing the hairstyling device of FIG. 2being applied to a hair of a user.

FIG. 5 is a schematic representative illustrating the hair of the userextending through a central hole of the hairstyling device of FIG. 4.

FIG. 6 is a cross sectional view of the hairstyling device of FIG. 1winding and forming another ring-shaped hair tie.

FIG. 7 shows schematic views illustrating the operation of thehairstyling device of FIG. 1 being used as a hair volumizer.

FIG. 8 shows a perspective view of the hairstyling device of FIG. 2 withthree kinds of hairpins.

FIG. 9 shows schematic views illustrating the operation of thehairstyling device of FIG. 2 being used with hairpins to create ahair-bun hairstyle.

FIG. 10 is a schematic representative illustrating the hairpin insertingthe hairstyling device of FIG. 9.

FIG. 11 is a perspective view of a hairstyling device according toanother embodiment of the present invention with the hairstyling devicewinding and forming a hair tie having a nap surface.

FIG. 12 is a perspective view of the hairstyling device winding andforming a stick shape according to the present invention.

FIG. 13 shows schematic views illustrating the operation of thehairstyling device of FIG. 12 being used to create a hair-bun hairstyle.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

A hairstyling device of a first embodiment of the present invention isshown in FIGS. 1 through 5 of the drawings and generally designated 1.The hairstyling device 1 includes a flexible hollow main body 10. Inthis embodiment, the main body 10 is made of soft and elastic cloth orknitting thread materials. The main body 10 is provided with a pluralityof cellular through-holes or meshes 14 in a peripheral wall thereof andincludes a central hole 11 extending through a center of the main body10 in an axial direction. Further, the main body 10 includes first andsecond ends 12 and 13 spaced in the axial direction.

According to the preferred form shown, the first end 12 of the main body10 is wound towards the central hole 11 in the axial direction to form aring-shaped hair tie (FIGS. 2 and 3). The main body 10 is flexible andable to be pulled and stretched so that the central hole 11 can beexpanded to allow insertion of a hair of a user. FIGS. 4 and 5 show thehairstyling device 1 of FIG. 2 used as a hair tie, wherein the main body10 is stretched to expand the central hole 11, and then the hair 3extends through the central hole 11 to form a ponytail hairstyle. Inanother embodiment of the present invention, as illustrated in FIG. 6,the first and second ends 12 and 13 of the main body 10 are woundcorrespondingly towards the central hole 11 in the axial direction toform a ring-shaped hair tie.

Referring to FIG. 7, place the main body 10 that has not yet been woundto form a ring-shaped hair tie at the hair 3 of the user, and cover thetop layer of the hair 3 onto the main body 10. And then hold and securethe top layer and the lower layer of the hair 3 together with the otherhairstyling device 1 that has been wound to form the ring-shaped hairtie. The unwound main body 10 is applied as a hair volumizer for theneeds of different hairstyles.

The hairstyling device 1 of the present invention can further include atleast one hairpin 2 to create various hairstyles (see FIG. 8). Thehairpin 2 can be an iron hair clip, hair fork, or any other clip/forkbody that can be inserted into and fastening the hair. Further refer toFIGS. 9 and 10, wherein the main body 10 is holding the hair 3 in place,and the hair 3 is winding around the main body 10. The hairpin 2 is theninserted into the cellular through-holes or meshes 14 of the main body10 to secure and fasten the hair 3 to form a hair-bun hairstyle.

The flexible hollow main body 10 of the hairstyling device 1 can be madefrom knitting wools. Referring to FIG. 11, the hairstyling device 1 madefrom knitting wools has a nap surface disposed thereon after being woundas a ring-shaped hair tie, thereby increasing softness of thehairstyling device 1, allowing comfort of use, and providing specialexterior design.

In practice, the main body 10 that has not yet been wound to form aring-shaped hair tie can be pressed and flattened and then transverselywound to form a stick shape, as illustrated in FIG. 12. Further refer toFIG. 13, winding the two ends of the stick-shaped main body 10 to holdtwo sides of the hair 3 respectively; fastening the hair 3 with thehairpins 2, and winding the hair 3 to form a hair-bun hairstyle.Further, the stick-shaped main body 10 is also capable of being placedon the hair 3 of the user as a hair volumizer, as presented in FIG. 7.

The hairstyling device 1 of the present invention is capable of creatingvarious hairstyles, and the soft and flexible material thereof allows acomfort of use. Moreover, the hairstyling device 1 is made of soft andelastic cloth or knitting thread material that is reusable and washable.Further, the through-holes 14 in the main body 10 allow insertion ofdifferent hairpins 2 to create various hairstyles.

Thus since the invention disclosed herein may be embodied in otherspecific forms without departing from the spirit or generalcharacteristics thereof, some of which forms have been indicated, theembodiments described herein are to be considered in all respectsillustrative and not restrictive. The scope of the invention is to beindicated by the appended claims, rather than by the foregoingdescription, and all changes which come within the meaning and range ofequivalency of the claims are intended to be embraced therein.

1. A hairstyling device comprising a flexible hollow main body, with themain body including a plurality of cellular through-holes or meshes in aperipheral wall of the main body, with the main body further including acentral hole extending through a center of the main body in an axialdirection and allowing to be expanded for insertion of a hair of a user,with the main body further including first and second ends spaced in theaxial direction, wherein the first end and/or the second end of the mainbody can be wound towards the central hole in the axial direction toform a ring-shaped hair tie.
 2. The hairstyling device according toclaim 1, wherein the main body is made of soft and elastic cloth orknitting thread material.
 3. The hairstyling device according to claim2, further comprising a hairpin, wherein the hairpin is inserted intoone of the plurality of cellular through-holes or meshes of the mainbody to fasten the hair of the user.
 4. The hairstyling device accordingto claim 2, wherein the main body can be pressed and flattened and thentransversely wound to form a stick shape.
 5. The hairstyling deviceaccording to claim 4, further comprising a hairpin, wherein the hairpinis inserted into one of the plurality of cellular through-holes ormeshes of the main body to fasten the hair of the user.